Tag: Trafficking

By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – With the increase of regional organized crime, whose operations have reached many countries at once, government representatives from Brazil, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay and Uruguay met this week to devise...

By Jay Forte, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - The Brazilian Rodrigo Gularte and seven other foreigners - two Australians, a Filipino, four Nigerians, and an Indonesian, all convicted of drug trafficking, will be shot between tonight and tomorrow...

By Esmee Verbeek, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – Rocinha is often considered to be the largest favela community in Brazil, and with an estimated 150,000 residents, sits close to the wealthy Zona Sul (South Zone) neighborhoods of São...